EP 1054618 A1 20001129 - DETECTION, IMAGING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST TUMORS
Title (en)
DETECTION, IMAGING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST TUMORS
Title (de)
NACHWEIS, ABBILDUNG UND KENNZEICHNUNG VON BRUSTUMOREN
Title (fr)
DETECTION, VISUALISATION ET CARACTERISATION DE CARCINOMES MAMMAIRES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9902953 W 19990211
- US 7450498 P 19980211
- US 9801898 P 19980826
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9940840A1] An optical examination technique employs an optical system (15, 45, 100, 150, 200, 260 or 300) for in vivo non-invasive examination of breast tissue of a subject. The optical system includes an optical module (12 or 14), a controller and a processor. The optical module includes an array of optical input ports and optical detection ports located in a selected geometrical pattern to provide a multiplicity of photon migration paths inside the biological tissue. Each optical input port is constructed to introduce into the examined tissue visible or infrared light emitted from a light source. Each optical detection port is constructed to provide light from the tissue to a light detector. The controller is constructed and arranged to activate one or several light sources and light detectors so that the light detector detects light that has migrated over at least one of the photon migration paths. The processor receives signals corresponding to the detected light and forms at least two data sets, a first of said data sets representing blood volume in the examined tissue region and a second of said data sets representing blood oxygenation of the examined tissue. The processor is arranged to correlate the first and second data sets to detect abnormal tissue in the examined tissue.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 5/0073 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2562/0242 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9940840 A1 19990819; CA 2319454 A1 19990819; CA 2319454 C 20100427; DE 69934482 D1 20070201; DE 69934482 T2 20070927; EP 1054618 A1 20001129; EP 1054618 A4 20040714; EP 1054618 B1 20061220; JP 2002502652 A 20020129; JP 2011104427 A 20110602; JP 4733264 B2 20110727; US 2005197583 A1 20050908; US 2010160752 A1 20100624; US 7627365 B2 20091201
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9902953 W 19990211; CA 2319454 A 19990211; DE 69934482 T 19990211; EP 99906917 A 19990211; JP 2000531102 A 19990211; JP 2011048940 A 20110307; US 59263809 A 20091130; US 98337104 A 20041108